Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Elizabeth ‘Betty‘ Jane Richardson Lane (1704-1734)

Données personnelles Elizabeth ‘Betty‘ Jane Richardson Lane 

• Elle est née en l'an 1704 dans Evansburg, Montgomery County, PA.
• Alternative: Elle est née en l'an 1704 dans Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Elle est décédée en l'an 1734 dans Bucks County, Pennsylvania, elle avait 30 ans.

  Attention: Déja décédé (D) lors de la naissance (??-??-1735) de l'enfant (Samuel Lane (VA) Potts).

• Alternative: Elle est décédée en l'an 1735 dans Cabletown, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, elle avait 31 ans.
• Un enfant de EDWARD LOVE LANE et ANNE TALLINGER RICHARDSON
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 11 septembre 2023.

Famille de Elizabeth ‘Betty‘ Jane Richardson Lane

Elle est mariée avec David Thomaston Potts.

Ils se sont mariés.

Enfant(s):

1. Ann Lane Potts  1725-1768 
2. Jonas Lane Potts  1726-1769 
3. Jonathan Lane Potts  1728-1805
4. Mary Lane Potts  1732-1834
5. Christiana Lane Potts  1734-1760

Notes par Elizabeth ‘Betty‘ Jane Richardson Lane

Elizabeth Lane Potts
Birth: 1704 Evansburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 1734 (aged 29œ30) Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Per land records, husband David Potts is verified as residing in Saucon, Bucks Co from 1731 to 1736 and not verified in Virginia until after 1741 at which time he was m. to 2nd wife Ann Roberts.

Memorial #: 202441534
Bio: Elizabeth Lane was the daughter of Edward Lane and his 2nd wife Anne Richardson, born about 1704 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA, then Perkiomen / Manor of Gilberts, Philadelphia Co, PA.

Many have given Elizabeth the middle name of "Jane", however the "Historical Collections of the Potts Family of Great Britain and America" by William John & T M Potts, 1901 indicates that it appears to have been an erroneous corruption of her maiden name Lane. [See pg 266, followed by Appendix on pg 634]

Edward Lane (Elizabeth's father) and Jonas Potts (husband David Potts' father) did not live far apart; first Bristol Twp along the Germantown border where Edward Lane first took up 242 acres of land on 11mo 2, 1685 in right of his father William Lane's purchase of 500 acres on 10mo 1, 1683; then by deed dtd 9mo 12 1698/99 and patent dtd 24 Oct 1701 Edward Lane settled on 2500 acres in Perkiomen [Patent Bk A, No 2, pg 175] thereby providing evidence that Elizabeth was born in the Perkiomen area.

Jonas Potts was in Cheltenham along the Germantown border by deed dtd 4mo 12, 1693 wherein he bought 133 1/3 acres of Jacob Telner, [Min Bk 133, A). In 1701, 1702 & 1706 he served as Ranger/Sheriff of Germantown, thereby providing evidence that eldest son David Potts was born in Germantown. In 1 Oct 1705 he bought 2 lots totalling 50 acres in Germantown [PA Deed Book B-2, pg 39]. Jonas Potts then removed to the Gilberts Manor/ Perkiomen area abt 1710 by Cert of Removal dtd 31 Jul 1710 and on 31 Oct 1712 he requested to purchase land he held on lease for 5 yrs [Min Bk H, pg 541]

Samuel Richardson, Edward Lane, and Israel Morris were on the 1693 tax list of Bristol Twp. (Philadelphia). Samuel was a leader against George Keith in the "Keithian Schism" of the 1690s. Andrew Robeson was a leader for George Keith with Edward Lane also a follower of George Keith.

Edward Lane was one of the first persons to settle in the area along Perkiomen and Skippack Creeks, on 2,500 acres of land purchased by Thomas Rudyard from Penn in 1684; the same then to Andrew Robeson by warrant dtd 1mo 27, 1693. Andrew died in 1694 and his son Samuel Robeson & Thomas Fairman signed a deed dtd 9mo 12, 1698/99 to Edward Lane; thereafter a patent was issued on 24 Oct 1701, Patent Book A, No 2, pg 175. The tract borded Dirck Sipman & Jacob Tellner. He made his home on the western bank near the ford where Perkiomen Bridge then stood. His land was situated on both sides of the Perkiomen, upon which now stands the boroughs of Collegeville and Evansburg. He built a gristmill on the Skippack in 1708.

Edward and his wife established St James' Perkiomen [Episcopal church] in Providence Twp (now Evansburg). In March 1725 the farmers living on this land petitioned to form a new township called Providence. This land included what is now Upper and Lower Providence.

Elizabeth Lane married David Potts, son of Jonas Potts, about 1722 although no primary record can be found.

St James's Perkiomen was first built about 1700 on land owned by Edward Lane; it burned a few years later in a fire that destroyed all of the church records of the day. This is no doubt why a marriage record of Elizabeth Lane and David Potts cannot be located if they married there. Although David Potts came from a Quaker upbringing and education, it was not unusual for a couple to "marry out of unity", make a written acknowledgment to the satisfaction of the meeting and be reinstated. There also appears to be no record extant within the Quaker Meetings for Philadelphia Mtg, Perkiomen Preparative Meeting or elsewhere.

On August 26, 1736, David & Elizabeth Potts moved to Saucon in Bucks County when he bought 110 acres of William Allen, and then on April 29, 1740, Potts sold the same to Jacob Scheimer, the land being situated on the southern banks of the Lehigh River, then known as the "West Branch of the Delaware" in Bucks County, (now Northampton Co which was erected March 11, 1752). It was also called "Saucony" Creek; "Menakasie" Creek, "Hockiundaque" Creek, "Lehietan" (Bushkill) Creek; it was above the "Great Swamp" in Bucks county.

It is believed that Elizabeth (Lane) Potts died about this time in Saucon, Bucks County as David Potts married 2nd Anne Roberts by 1737.

By 1740, David Potts & his family were in what is now known as Kabletown which was his first settlement in Old Frederick Co, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West VA). It lies along a spring-fed stream called Bullskin Run near the Shenandoah River. [not verified or documented]

By 1746, David Potts leased a tract of land from Catesby Cocke, for five shillings, with power to purchase; covered a tract of 866 acres on Kittockton Run, in Fairfax Co, VA. His land was located west of Short Hill and east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a valley known as "Between-the-Hills" in northwestern Loudoun Cnty. Loudoun Cnty was est. 1757 from Fairfax County. Hillsboro was not est. until 1802 and was previously called the Gap est. 1752. This land was about 15 miles east of now Kabletown in West Virginia.

Elizabeth & David Potts had 5 known children: Jonathan, Jonas (farmer), Ann, Mary and Christian(a), all born in Pennsylvania.

[I have given son Jonas the nickname of farmer to distinguish him from his uncle - father David's half-brother - Jonas Pott who was a blacksmith; both were about the same age and in the same location]

The date of death and burial location of Elizabeth (Lane) Potts is unknown, unverified and undocumented; and is based on circumstantial evidence herein. It's possible she was buried at St James Perkiomen Church cemetery which was on the land of her father Edward Lane, the distance being about 30 miles south of Saucon in Bucks Co.

[The above information is subject to change as more documentation is discovered]
Family Members
Parents
Edward Lane 1663-1710
Ann Richardson Lane 1673-1708
Spouse
David Potts 1700-1768
Siblings
William Lane 1698-1733
ELEANOR LANE 1700-1778
James Lane 1705-1731
Children
Jonathan Potts 1721-1805
Jonas Potts 1726-1768
Created by: Claudia Davenport-Sullivan (47345651)
Added: 25 Aug 2019
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202441534/elizabeth-potts
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202441534/elizabeth-potts: accessed 11 September 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Lane Potts (1704œ1734), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202441534; Burial Details Unknown, Per land records, husband David Potts is verified as residing in Saucon, Bucks Co from 1731 to 1736 and not verified in Virginia until after 1741 at which time he was m. to 2nd wife Ann Roberts.; Maintained by Claudia Davenport-Sullivan (contributor 47345651).

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